Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Snowboarding-American Kim better prepared for mental challenge after another gold
By Winni Zhou and Mari Saito ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - American snowboarder Chloe Kim, who won her second gold in the halfpipe final in Beijing on Thursday, said she was better prepared for the s...
Feb 10, 2022
U.S. to detail $5-billion plan to fund EV charging network
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday plans to detail how it will award nearly $5 billion over five years to build thousands of electric vehicle charging stat...
Feb 10, 2022
Analysis-Peru’s president plays musical chairs with ministers as turmoil persists
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Halfway into his first year as Peru's unlikely president, Pedro Castillo has overseen dizzying turnover in his Cabinet and mounting doubts over his ability to survive ...
Feb 10, 2022
Uganda says ICJ ruling awarding DR Congo $325 million in reparations unfair and wrong
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Thursday it considered as unfair and wrong an International Court of Justice ruling asking it to pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Feb 10, 2022
Philippines welcomes back foreign tourists for first time in two years
By Jay Ereno and Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines welcomed back more than 200 foreign tourists on Thursday, becoming the latest Southeast Asian nation to reopen in a bid to revive a ...
Feb 10, 2022
Germany’s COVID-19 wave flattens as regions ease curbs
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's daily rise in the number of coronavirus infections is slowing, data from the Robert Koch Institute showed on Thursday, indicating that a fourth wave of the pandemic could ...
Feb 10, 2022
Africa still talking to Merck, Pfizer about COVID pills -CDC
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's top public health agency is still talking to pharmaceutical firms Merck and Pfizer about obtaining supplies of their antiviral pills to treat COVID-19, its director s...
Feb 10, 2022
Olympics-Ice hockey-Unaccounted for no more, Canada’s Desbiens smiling again
By Amy Tennery BEIJING (Reuters) - Canadian Ann-Renee Desbiens once could not imagine being at the Beijing Olympics, feeling demoralised and failing to see a viable career path in ice hockey, she quit...
Feb 10, 2022
Britain’s Prince Harry vows to finish late mother Diana’s HIV work
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry said on Thursday he felt compelled to try to finish the work of his late mother, Princess Diana, in tackling HIV and the stigma around it, as he urged people ...
Feb 10, 2022
Warning Indians against cryptocurrencies, RBI chief says tulips have more value
By Nupur Anand and Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's central bank chief delivered a stark warning against investing in cryptocurrencies, saying they lacked the underlying value of even a tulip - i...
Feb 10, 2022
